Menu List. Select Multiple without Ctrl+Click?

[Andy K]

I have a standard scrolling menu list in dreamweaver.

The user can select multiple by ctrl+click.

To make this idiot proof can ctrl+click be changed to just single clicks?

If not any sugestions with regards to Javascript are welcome

[Webforumz Staff]

Interesting question. I'll play with is a little and see what I can come up with.

[Rob]

This is possible with JavaScript... you would need to maintain an array of selections and update the select box with every click. Clicking on a selection already highlighted would obviously need to deselect.

Interesting challenge... should be straight forward though. I wont bother writing it, coz Catalyst should have something pretty soon.

[Andy K]

Hi. Ive had a play around but havent really got anywhere. I look forward to any futher suggestions

Andy

[D3mon]

use checkboxes instead?

[Andy K]

Could do. Problem is I have four fields with 6 - 12 options in each. If I break all these up chaos will ensue!
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I have inceased the size of each field so more options are visible, and included an instruction in the first option: 'Ctrl+click for Multiple'

My client just asked: Can I have just single clicks instead of ctrl+click?

A simple enough request I thought, but it appears to be a default setting, tricky to overide.

AK

[Webforumz Staff]

I spent about an hour digging into overriding event handlers to get this to work, it's pretty technical and I haven't gotten it to work so far.

I agree that checkboxes would be far easier, and you can put them in a scrolling DIV using overflow:auto to make it look and scroll like a select box. It's pretty cool actually, and simple.

[Andy K]

Ok good point I will give it a go. Thanks for your time.

I gotta say i am liking this Forum >> Cheers

AK